Taliban Repeatedly Warns Girls About Mandatory Hijab in Herat

Local sources from Herat province say that the Taliban forces of the Propagation of Righteousness and Prevention of Evil have once again come to the city’s Lailami Road and have warned girls and women passing by at every step because of the type of clothing they are wearing.
At least four local sources told Tahawul this morning (Saturday, 25 August) that Taliban forces were walking on Herat’s Lailami Road with whips in their hands on Wednesday and Thursday evenings of last week and were forcing girls to observe mandatory hijab with repeated warnings.
The source emphasized that the Taliban officers repeatedly told the girls: “Girls, hijab! Girls, hijab! and created an atmosphere of fear and psychological pressure in this area.”
It is worth noting that Lailami Road is one of the busiest places in Herat city where many women and girls go to shop. There have been many reports of harsh treatment by the forces of the Order of Righteousness in this area before.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Enjoining Righteousness and Forbidding Wrong prevented women and girls from entering the markets of Herat without prayer shawls on the eve of Eid al-Adha.
This restriction began on Wednesday, 27th of Joza, and in the first days, the Taliban’s umpires only prevented women wearing a manto from entering; but now this ban has been expanded.
In the third year of their rule, the Taliban signed their “Enjoining Righteousness and Forbidding Wrong” law, which is now in effect throughout the country.
Article 13 of this law, which has eight clauses, is dedicated to “rules related to women’s hijab.”
The first clause of this article states that “the full body covering of a woman is mandatory,” the second clause states that “hiding a woman’s face due to fear of sedition is necessary,” and the third clause states that “the voice of women in society is a private part.”